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description: Re-usable components built using Kobalte UI and Tailwind CSS.
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**Note**: This project does not have complete feature parity with the original. We working on it.

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An unofficial, community-led [Solid](https://www.solidjs.com/) port of [shadcn/ui](https://ui.shadcn.com).

This is **NOT** a component library. It's a collection of re-usable components that you can copy and paste into your apps.

**What do you mean by not a component library?**

I mean you do not install it as a dependency. It is not available or distributed via npm. I have no plans to publish it as an npm package (for now).

Pick the components you need. Copy and paste the code into your project and customize to your needs. The code is yours.

_Use this as a reference to build your own component libraries._

## FAQ

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The idea behind this is to give you ownership and control over the code, allowing you to decide how the components are built and styled.

Start with some sensible defaults, then customize the components to your needs.

One of the drawback of packaging the components in an pnpm package is that the style is coupled with the implementation. _The design of your components should be separate from their implementation._

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This port is built to be used with Solid/SolidStart.

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Yes. Free to use for personal and commercial projects. No attribution required.

But let us know if you do use it. We'd love to see what you build with it.

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## Credits

-   [@shadcn](https://twitter.com/shadcn) - The brilliant mind behind the designs, methodology, and implementation.
-   [Kobalte UI](https://kobalte.dev) - For the primitives.
-   [Vercel](https://vercel.com) - Where this project is hosted.
-   [Shu Ding](https://shud.in) - The typography style is adapted from his work on Nextra.
-   [Cal](https://cal.com) - Where shad copied the styles for the first component: the `Button`.
